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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY 

### GENERALOF 

### TEXAS **AUSTIN**

Honorable Ernest Gulm County 

### Attorney, El Poe0 county El Paso, texaa

Dear Sir.

pt orfourlet~r r a legal opinim

City and 

### State reoelved an offer of 00 

### for tho property* Tbie 

### offer 8aa@MO.
ma8.elardersecthl 9 of'Art101e 7346 (8). 

### TheState 

### andCity, throu@ the pro authorities, ooneented to the die r the 

### part7 rprsine: the offer of 

### $600.00~

### Bonorable Erwst Cuirm- page2

aud adeed was mmde 

### to thlr **party by**  **the st8te**  **ami uty** 

**.** ***o nmth8**  **after thi8**  

### ptr8ha88, tho orlglnal ommr of the propePty malo 8n offcu to redeem th4 peoperty. **80OtiOn u**  **Of ’**  **&tiOl0 7aUb**  **(b) i8**  **BOt Cl0Or**  **on the**  **qllestlon of**  **the amount**  **papble w**  the OrIginal **owner** in order **to** redma t&i8

pcoP=w l .Tbe 8~01fiO **qUOlrt&On is**  **a8 fOllOTs:**  

### Can the owner **redeem** 

### thepropertyby pqlng to the lart **purcha8or** the amount of $600.00, p1U8 25 00, or would it $,Iakiag a total o? $S22. e Ile808m fOC the Omep to pay the $625.00to fho1astnammd par

### chaserandpay the&Lffarenee of $5aoO.O0 **to** the State and City, making 8 total pap ment Of ~1,l2s.00?
*We have found no authoritle8 upon the **question** 

### andmebeX1o.m that the qUO8tiO2l 

### raqutres 

### morl@aal c0aetmothnot the **seotione OS**  **the stiStUt68**  

### reftkrred **to** herein. We have not been 83118 to fM atq 0-8 deoldlng the ~eetlotu mnt1oned.*

**@Of&On u**  **Ot &'tiOh**  73&b, 7WllO¶l’8 &3Yi88d **CiYil IltstUt88,**  **$8 99**  **fOltOWS1**

*Xn all wit8 horetofor'eOX'

### hareafter **?&led t0**  **0OlkOCt dew4Qt**  **tU08** 8@b8tpropart~,#Idgmentiabaid~tcBull~otide fOt

’ 188tUUlOO Oi rrit Of ~CitMMNSbtl dthln tront~ (20) 

### &by*after the pedod of redomptlon shall have qd.red to Ubo parahaser 

## at Poreclosure 8alb Q hi8, as8lgtms but whenever land lo sold tmaer judgcmentinsinoh 6mitfortaxes,the.own

### et?of ouch property, or anyonehatlxg aa interest thoreia,'or~t?mir heir*, aa+grm or legal **repre8entatlrOs, mqs**  **rifhin** 

### two (2) j0C3l.8 ,f

’POm the dafo Of ttftdl Sti4, h?Y4 the right to~redmln 8aid pro 

### rty on the SollowLng basile,to-witt (1p"rithia tbo tlret year of the redmptl0n period, upon 

### tho papent 

### of theamauntbid ior the PO**perty by**  **the pulthaser**  **at cuoh**  **sale,** in&id-Honorable Brnost Gulnn - page 3

lng a One ($1.00) Dollar tax deed **re** oordlag foe and all taxes, peaaltloo, intereet and cost8 therea?ter paid thsreOn, plus twenty-five per **oent (23**  rltl) of the aggregate **total ;**  **(2)** in the last year of the redemption perlod,upon the paynnmto? the amount bib for the **property** by the parohastw at such tale, lnclndlng a One ($1.00) Dollar tax deed reoordlng fee aad all **taxes,** penalties, interest and costs thercsfter paid thereon; plus flity par cent (60$) o? the aggregate total.
8I.naddition to redeemlug dir6ot ?ron the pprohrrsoras a?oresald, **Fe** demption may also be made upon thebasis herozlnabevede?Aned, a8 provi.dtdin,&tloles 7284 and 9286 of the Revised Clrll Statutes e? Texas Of 1925..
Ue think this statute Is **reasonably fr6e**  **?rolp**

-?Jl&*Y l It s&ins whom there has been 8 JudlolaJ fowclosure 

### andsole of the property, the ouner o? such property, or anyone having an interest therein, psy tithin two years from the

### aateof such sale redeeauthe property. If the redemption 18 maa within the first ye8r Of~the r8clemptlonperiod, It laupon the payment Of the amount bib far tho **property** by the.parohaser at such sale, lneluding a $1.00 tax deed recording foe all taies;pfmalt1ea, interest as&iOo8t8 tbsresfter paid thereon, @ti8 22% of 

### thewe&ate total aurlng the second year of lhl? the r*emptlqn 18 mfbde eredmption period, tho **aa6 re**  uironente **Of** pRymf?nt**aWe lead6**  save there sust be a s# **Instead** of a 26s.added t&the 8ggregate total. m08e payments are to be made to the -chaser, 0~his vendee In e proper case.

dsSu~&Ig that the'purohasers -- the Stste a& the city --have ?mt since the plrchase paid any taxes, penalties, Interest or Costs,muI assuming that the redemption is cede during t;hefirst year O? t&s-Fedemptioh period, the amount to.be paid by the oIoer 

### .v.%ll be‘$1251. 26, this being the amount of 

### the purchaser's bld.pltas $1.00 tax deed reoordlng fee, sad plus the 26$,.yonalty.

Upon reoeipt of such amount a prop& redemption deed should be exeouted.Bonorable Ernest Gulnn - page 4

lo have not been furnished a oopy of the deed executed by the purchasers to their vendee; neither does your statement give us the nature or content8 of 

### that iostrummt, so that

### weare unable todeters&m the rolatire rights 

### of the State, the city, and their vendee, If in m event such vendee has any right In sueb redenrptlon m-Y* The redemption ordinarily Is tobe made from the one uho holds the tax title at the tlmo (61 C. J. p. 1276, Sec. 176) where there is no statute upon the subjeot,(andwe have nonej, but the matter rests entirely In the term .o?the deed from the purchaser tohis 

### vendee. (See our Opinion 80. o-960). Weare 

### not advised ln thls respect in the present ease, and therefore express no opinion as towhether the redemption paymont 8hould be made to the purchasers or to their vendee, 

### or 

### as **to** 

### theirrespective Intereststherein.

v'eq tl'llly

yOuI. 

### &l'TOlUtEX

6EllJBUL

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ATTORNEY GNZAL OF TEXAS